69796: How should a person who has a wound do wudoo’ and ghusl?

Regarding ablution and teyemum : Assume a person is wounded at a some part of his body where he is going to make ablution.The issue is (1) can he make the whole ablution and then teyemum for the wounded part at the end or (2)teyemum only.

Praise be to Allaah.

If there is a wound in any part of the body, then this wound
is either uncovered or it is covered with a dressing or bandage.

If it is covered with a dressing or bandage, then he should
wash the healthy parts of the body, then he should wet his hand with water
and wipe over the dressing. If he does this then he does not need to do
tayammum.

There are ahaadeeth which speak about wiping over splints,
but they are all da’eef (weak), but that has been proven from ‘Abd-Allaah
ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him).

Al-Bayhaqi said:

Nothing has been proven from the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) on this topic… rather this is the view of
the fuqaha’ among the Taabi’een and those who came after them, as well as
what we have narrated from Ibn ‘Umar. He mentioned with his isnaad that Ibn
‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) did wudoo’ when his hand was
bandaged, and he wiped over it and over the dressing, and he washed
everything else. He said: This is saheeh from Ibn ‘Umar. End quote.

Al-Majmoo’, 2/368.

But if the wound is
uncovered, then it must be washed with water if possible, but if washing it
will harm it, and he can wipe it then he should wipe it. If that is not
possible, then the wound should be left without washing or wiping, then when
the person has finished doing wudoo’, he should do tayammum.

The scholars (may Allaah
have mercy on them) said: Wounds and the like are either uncovered or
covered.

If the wound is uncovered then it must be washed with water.
If it is not possible to wash it with water then it should be wiped over. If
it is not possible to wipe over it then he should do tayammum. This is in
order of preference.

If it is covered with some kind of appropriate material, then
it can only be wiped. If wiping will harm it even though it is covered, then
he should do tayammum, just as if it was uncovered. This is what was stated
by the fuqaha’ (may Allaah have mercy on them). End quote.

Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

If it has a dressing over it, he should wipe over it; if it
is uncovered then he should do tayammum for it. End quote.

Fataawa Ibn Baaz, 10/118

Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan (may Allaah preserve him) was
asked:

After the washing that
the doctor did for me, some blood came from my hand, from the site of the
injection, so he put a bandage over it. If I take it off it starts to bleed
and would not stop until night. This bandage is still wrapped around my left
hand. Is it permissible for me wipe over it when I do wudoo’ even though I
was not taahir when it was put on, rather it was put on when there was
bleeding; and how should I wipe over it?

He replied:

You should not take off the bandage which is over your wound,
especially since taking it off will harm you and make it bleed. It is not
permissible for you to take it off in this case, because that poses a danger
to you. So leave it where it is, and when you do wudoo’ wash the part of the
hand where there is no bandage, and for the part where the bandage is, it
will be sufficient for you to wipe over the outside of it by wetting your
hand with water and moving it over the outside of the bandage. This will
suffice for you instead of washing what is beneath it for as long as it
needs to stay, even if that is for many prayer times or for several days. It
is not essential that the bandage have been put on when you were taahir,
rather you may wipe over it, according to the correct view, even if you were
not taahir at the time when it was put on and even if there is blood
underneath it at the site of the injection or wound.

Conclusion: There is nothing wrong with you leaving the
bandage on; rather you have to leave it on because it is in your interests.
You can wipe over the outside of it when you wash the part of your hand that
is not covered. End quote.